Improvement in fastening devices for shoes



J. N. CLOUSB 8v B. ZIPPEL..l Fastening Device forlShoes,

No. 210,010. y Patented Nov. '19', 187s.

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JOSEPH N. OLOUSE AND BARNHARD ZIPFEL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENING DEVICES FOR SHOES, sae.

Specification forming part' of Letters Patent No. 210,010, dated November 19, 1878; application iled August 3, 1878.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, JOSEPH N. CLoUsE and BARNHARD ZIPFEL, of the city of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Fastening Device for Shoes and other Apparel, of which the following is a specification:

The invention relates to a device so constructed as to have the appearance of a button when in position for wearing, yet so constructed in its working parts as to have all of the advantages of a buckle, serving to adjust the apparel to which it is attached at pleasure.

Heretofore, in shoes especially, it has been necessary to make button-holes and use a button-hook in order to draw the shoe snug to the foot when the button is in positionin the hole.

Buttons to be used in connection with button-holes have no means of adjustment, but

.have to be taken oft' and reset, so as to make the shoe tighter or looser.

The object of our invention is to have the shoe or other apparel appear as if having buttons on 5 also to have a slight adjustment for each button, to make the shoe or other apparel tight or loose at that point at pleasure, and to have a leverage in the operation of buttoning or fastening, so as to bring the shoe or other apparel snug and firm.

The invention consists in the arrangement of plates with holes and hooks, and a washer and button with a forked shank, to hold them together when placedl in proper position, the construction and working of which may be more readily seen by reference to the drawings hereto annexed, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 a cross-section, and Fig. 3 a detail of parts, like letters referring to like parts in each.

A is a curved plate, having upon one end two hooks, O O, in the center a hole, and in 'the other end are two holes, and a groove, K, between them, which receives the wire staple N, or the thread by means of which it is firmly secured to the leather or other material, L. B is a button, plain or ornamental, having two sides slightly liattened, in which is .firmly secured a shank, J, composed of two parts,which `the button B.

are turned out at the end to form catches. I is a washer or ornamental plate around the shank J, and between the button B and the leather or other material, L. O is a curved i The operation of the device is as follows:

The plate C having been secured to the under lap of the shoe or other apparel by means of the wire staple N or by sewing, and the plate A having been secured to the upper or outer lap of the shoe or other apparel by means of the wire staple N or by sewing, and the washer or ornamental plate I having been placed in position on the shank J of the button B, the shank is passed through a hole or eyelet in the material L, and through the hole in the center of the plate A, and the ends bent out to form hooks or catches. By placing the hooks O O on the plate A in any opposite holes of .the two series in the plateO, and pressing it down upon the plate O, a leverage is produced which forces the under and outer laps in opposite directions. shank J passes through the elongated countersunk hole in the plate O, and by turning the button one-fourth Vof a revolution the two plates are secured together by means of the catches on the shank J, the at sides on the button indicating the direction of the catches, there being no slack in the tension of the parts, as in the case of the button passing through the button-hole and the tongue of the buckle passing through the strap.

The hooks O O may be changed to any of the holes ofthe series of adjustments to make the parts looser or tighter.

The size of the device is varied to suit the article to which it is to be attached.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The fastening device for shoes and other apparel, consisting ofthe plate G, with its slot The end of the as shown, f the button B, Washer I, and the shank J, provided with a bifureated end to form a catch, all substantially as and for the purpose stated.

JOSEPH N. CLOUSE. BARNHARD ZIPFEL.

Witnesses:

A. G. BARLOW, J. T. GREER. 

